Jacqueline Sohn

Ph.D. Student, Educational Administration

Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, Jacqueline completed her bachelor of arts in political science at the University of Toronto, and her master’s degree in education at OISE. She was employed at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, where she gained valuable experience in public policy development and program evaluation. She has extensive research experience through numerous research and graduate assistantships in the areas of political science; public policy; political psychology and education policy.

Through her work on a research project looking at education issues in post-apartheid South Africa and her involvement in various capacities with an inner-city organization for over seven years, she became interested in pursuing studies on ameliorating the impacts of poverty on low socio-economic status (SES) students’ educational experiences and outcomes.

Currently, her broad interests within the field of education policy include: macro-level factors affecting the educational outcomes of low SES children and youth; knowledge mobilization- specifically, the use of research evidence in public policy development; the ways in which the news media uses research to inform child and youth poverty reporting; and cross-sector collaborations for social welfare policies.

Publications

Carrier, N., Sohn, J., Levin, B. & Shah, S. (2012). Searching for Products: Mapping out the Stages in Conducting New Research. Paper Prepared for the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Waterloo. May.

Cooper, A., Read, R., Sohn, J., Rodway Macri, J. and Levin B. (In press).  Knowledge mobilization: Research use and the role of faculties of education.  In H.C. Wong (ed).  Challenges, opportunities and trends in knowledge mobilization in China.  London: Routledge.

Read, R., Cooper, A., Edelstein, H., Sohn, J., & Levin, B. (In Press). Mobilizing research knowledge: How universities share research knowledge. In: Levin, B., Qi, J, & Edelstein, H.  (Eds). The impact of universities and research in education: International perspectives on knowledge mobilisation. Bristol, England: Policy Press.

McDougall, D. & Sohn, J., project partner.(2009). Teachers Supporting Teachers in Using a Ten-Dimensions Framework for Improving Elementary Mathematics. In: Rolheiser, C. (ed). OISE Initial Teacher Education- Partnerships for Professional Learning: Literacy & Numeracy Initiatives. University of Toronto, OISE.

Ross, J. & Sohn, J. (2008). Equity in Education: A Report on Policies and Practices in Canada. Final Report for the Ministry of Education. University of Toronto, OISE.

Email: jackie.sohn@utoronto.ca